Dress



Aug. 12, 1947. fl- I 2,425,635

DRESS Filed Oct. 16, 1946 Zinoentor Norris NITZbery" Patented Aug. 12,1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRESS Morris Nitzberg, Philadelphia,Pa. Application October 16, 1946, Serial No. 703,574

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to wearing apparel, and in particular to protectorsfor childrens dresses.

As every parent knows it is a difficult-problem to keep small childrenclean, especially at mealtimes when the child is apt to drop bits offood upon it dress.

Bibs of many kinds have been devised for infants, or small children, butno bib has to my knowledge been combined with a dress whereby the bibmay be removed or replaced without altering the appearance of the dress.

Since the bosom, or front of the dress usually becomes soiled much morequickly than the remainder of the garment, I have created a replaceablefront or bib for childrens dresses.

An object of the invention is to provide a garment protector which isworn upon the bosom of a dress and which will lengthen the time that thedress itself may be worn without laundering.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment front protectorwhich when soiled may be readily removed for laundering and replacedwith another.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment front protectorwhich lends a decorative efiect to the garment and is hence acceptableto the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide a protector for the frontof a dress which may be provided in various colors and designs wherebythe same dress may be made to present different outward appearances andeffects for various occasions.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of thecharacter described, that is easily and economically produced, which issturdy in construction, and which is highly eflicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in thedetails of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, when read in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a garment protector of my invention as actually usedupon'a garment.

Fig. 2 shows the removal of the protector for the garment.

Fig. 3 shows the protector detached from the garment.

Referring now to the drawing, wherein similar reference characters referto similar parts, I show a dress, generally designated as A, to which abib member, generally designated as B, is detachably aflixed. The bibmember is roughly of triangular outline, and consists of one or morethicknesses of fabric. The apex ID of the triangle is truncated andextends downwardly to the waist. The side opposite the apex of the bibmember is rounded inwardly, so as to form a neckline 20. The bib memberis afiixed to the dress by means of buttonholes 14 which are formed inall three corners of the bib. These buttonholes l4 engage buttons l2,which are attached to the dress or garment A on both shoulders 22, andat the waist front. Although the fastening means shown in the drawingsare buttons, they may alternatively be snap fasteners.

The bib member may be provided with embroidery, lace, ruflles, andstitching, and may be made in colors harmonizing or contrasting with themain garment as desired. A particular arrangement that is contemplatedis to provide in the bib a reproduction of the pattern and color of thegarment bosom which the bib overlies, as shown in Fig. 3.

In use, the bib member B is affixed to the main garment A, such as adress, by means of the fasteners provided near the three corners of thebib member, and the fasteners afiixed to the shoulders and waist frontof the main garment A. When the bib warrants replacement, it is detachedfor laundering, and a new bib member substituted therefor.Alternatively, the dress may be worn without the bib member, as shown inFig. 3.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, suchdescription is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting,since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of theinventionis to be determined as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

A combination dress and bosom protector comprising a dress having a pairof shoulders, a waist front having a waistline, a neck opening, aplurality of buttons fastened upon said dress adjacent the shouldersthereof and above the front of said waistline, a detachable bib member,a plurality of complementary button holes in said bib which button holescoact with said buttons, said bib member being of a general triangularconfiguration having a neckline formed in one side of said bibsubstantially of the same configuration as the neckline of said dresswhereby the neckline of the bib substantially overlaps the neckline ofsaid dress, and one end of said bib extending adjacent to the waistlineof said dress whereby said last named end may be detachably fastened tosaid waist front, whereby said bib 3 7 member may be quickly afiixed toor quickly TEN detached from the bosom of said dress. UNITED STATES PATS MORRIS NITZBERG. Number Name 7 Date 1,128,168 Marcus Feb. 9, 1915REFERENCES CITED 5 1,609,332 Van Nest Dec. 7, 1926 The followingreferences are of record in the 1:56.439?! Sanbom 1925 file of thispatent:

